The last truly local race of my season and, with air temperatures well into the 90s and the largest grid of the season so far, it was going to be a scorcher any way you look at it.
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Sprint race
After getting what turned out to be a leaking head gasket replaced (long story but, based on past experience with this head design on another BMW racecar, I was worried I’d warped the head) along with some missing internal bolts (!!), there was nothing stopping me from heading to Portland for the traditional Father’s Day … Read More “Chicane Challenge XXXII” »
Sprint race
With a dramatically different weather forecast for this race compared to the last, it represented my first chance to really push myself and the car, and generally to see “what’s what.” As well, Pacific is a more technical track than PIR and thus harder to get right, so this week-end was also going to highlight … Read More “Spring into Summer 2024” »
Sprint race
First race week-end with a new racecar means all kinds of things to figure out and/or get used to, from learning what driving style suits the car best, to getting to know your competitors in the class, and even simple things like the best way to load the trailer. Thinking caps on, kids!
Sprint race
Although both Group 1 (SPO) and the one-hour enduro were options, I elected to only run ST for what was turning out to be my last sprint week-end of the season (other commitments) Looking at the entries for Group 4, with loads of GT1 and GT2 cars, plus some fast ITE cars, the cars in … Read More “The Dash XXXVIII” »
Sprint race
(How is a race in mid-July my first of the season?!)
School
One of the biggest shortcomings I’ve always felt I have as a racecar driver is my discomfort with an “oversteer-y” (loose, tail-happy, etc) car. It’s not that I haven’t generally been able to handle the situation when it crops up, but more that A) I don’t have a lot of confidence that I’ll react appropriately … Read More “One-day RWD rally class” »
Endurance race
If you’ve read my report for the previous running of this race, back in the fall of 2007, you’d know that I’d intended to run my car in an enduro for the first time, but the costs associated with giving it full-fledged enduro capability were looking to be a fair bit more than I’d expected. … Read More “Four Hours of Pacific Raceways” »
Sprint race
A trouble-free week-end in Seattle a couple weeks earlier had me confident of finally having a good outing at Portland with the M3… but I’d felt that way before. A strangely-rare opportunity to race against Lou Greenberg’s 1995 M3 (essentially the same engine/intake/exhaust modifications as me, but still with the original body panels) had me … Read More “Jim Swanson Memorial XI” »